At the moment, I'm gainfully employed and would only like to begin pursuing RE license/agent activity on a part-time basis as my other personal/professional obligations keep me busy.

You can get a second FHA loan if:1) you cosigned on a FHA loan for another individual but you now want your own home 2) you were divorced and no longer cohabitat the home with your ex-spouse and now want to buy your own3) larger family size and can literally document a larger household now via mammogram, adoption papers, letter of explanation,etc4) you are relocating to a new area and would like to use the FHA program again and have employer documented relocation papers/job offer to make any of the above work you need adequate time to plan, documentation, and a loan officer who can sell the above to their underwriter.Good Luck!

No surprise.I recently ( Yesterday) passed the California Real Estate exam and was issued my license NBA or no employing broker.

Income (with voucher), employment, background investigation, landlord references, etc. all checked out so we were good to go.

Is there a way to get a loan with one year self employed ????

Do background checks, call their references, current and previous employers, search social media sites and see what you can find about them.  

It takes a little more work since I'm out of country and not employed by an American company.  

You may need to put down a larger down payment to make up for the short self employment history or find you a seller financier.

I would absolutely LOVE an online tenant screener where tenants can apply online, and I get a report within 48 hours.In doing my research, I have only been able to find just one company that does a complete tenant screening:Criminal historyCredit reportEviction historyResidential historyEmployment historyCalling and verifying references for residential and employment history for past 2 yearsAnd that company is the National Tenant Network, NTN, at ntnonline.com.

Sometimes, it takes an agent with some years of experience in the area to know which properties to include as "comparable" - to address that issue that Mark mentioned above.My agent partner, Angela with Keller Williams, loves me because I give her all my warm leads of people that really want to list (i.e, get a retail offer), and she does CMAs for me all the time, employing her 8 years of experience in our market here.